17. 01. 2012. ·
The best eight singles players and the best eight doubles teams of the season have qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The world’s biggest indoor tournament begins on Sunday, November 21, at the beautiful O2 Arena in London and will be played until November 28.
The best Serbian tennis player is the third best ranked in the ATP Race standings this year, and he’ll be no.3 seed.
The tournament will be a round robin format with eight players divided in two groups of four players. Novak is placed in Group A, with Nadal, Berdych, and Roddick.
Group A
1. Rafael Nadal (Spain)
3. Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
6. Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic)
8. Andy Roddick (USA)
Group B
2. Roger Federer (Switzerland)
4. Robin Soderling (Sweden)
5. Andy Murray (Great Britain)
7. David Ferrer (Spain)
Novak’s head-to-head record against the participants:
* Rafael Nadal (7-15)
Roger Federer (6-12)
Robin Soderling (5-1)
Andy Murray (4-3)
* Tomas Berdych (3-1)
David Ferrer (5-4)
* Andy Roddick (2-5)
The winner of each group will be placed in separate semi-final brackets, with the top player in Group A playing the runner-up in Group B and vice versa.
For each Round Robin win players will get 200 points, semi-final win brings 400 points, and the win in the finals is worth 500 additional points. Undefeated champion would earn 1500 points.
Last year Novak scored two wins and a loss (beat Nikolay Davydenko and Rafael Nadal, lost to Robin Soderling) and finished third in Group B, missing semi-final spot.
Novak Djokovic (1 title-2008) and Roger Federer (4 titles-2003,’04,’06 and ’07) are the only participants of this year’s Finals who have won the competition at least once.
No.1 seeds Bob and Mike Bryan (USA) are defending champions in the doubles competition.
The tournament prize money is £ 2,227,500.
Good luck Nole!
